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Chapter: Managing Inventory

Managing Inventory

Cisco E-DI maintains an inventory of the devices that are in its management domain. This information is used for configuring the network through the XML Programmable Interface and the CLI. For each device, Cisco E-DI initially collects the following physical inventory information from the NE interface through the SNMP protocol:

•Device type

•OS version

•List of interfaces/status through IF-MIB

•List of modules/slots/ports through ENTITY MIB if supported by the device/OS version

Inventory information can be collected manually in network mode.

Inventory can collect the following performance statistics:

•Interface performance—This inventory collects interface performance statistics including errors, packet discards and actual throughput. The report reflects changes between the last poll cycle and the current one.

Cisco E-DI also includes a service which the administrator can use to manage the assets in the network. The service provides details of the hardware and the associated information for each of the device in the network, for example chassis, cards, ports, fans, and power supply.

Using the asset inventory management service, an administrator can view:

•All the hardware assets contained in the device including the name, type and identifier of each of the asset. This enables tracking of individual assets on the devices.

•Chassis information of each device, for example, the serial number, hardware revision, and a brief description of the chassis. This provides details of the hardware information of the chassis without requiring a physical inspection of the device.

•Information on the cards and modules available in the device including the name and identifier of the card, and the container that holds the card. This tracks the cards, and their position in the device.

•Slot information in the device, for example the number of chassis slots, cards contained in the slot, slots that are empty, and daughter card slots.

•Port information in the device which gives the list of ports/interfaces on the device and the location of each port.

•Power supply information in the device. There can be one or more power supply modules in a device. The report gives information about the number of these modules, and also the wattage of each power supply module.

•Fans in each device.

Cisco E-DI collects an inventory of the assets at regular intervals. However, you can do a manual inventory to synchronize the updated asset information with Cisco E-DI, see Table 7-1.

Manual Inventory

To perform an inventory on a device in the current context, enter the following command: